Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - One of the more frequent complaints to government leaders in the Carpinteria Valley has been the odor of cannabis coming from numerous growers in the area. The County of Santa ...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — Santa Barbara County officials are considering a mandate requiring cannabis greenhouse growers to install advanced odor-control technology as ...

Third District Supervisor Joan Hartmann, who represents Buellton and Solvang and areas where outdoor cannabis has taken root, said that as an odor-control measure, she favored reducing the county ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will be holding a Special Board of Supervisors Meeting ...

Cathedral City won't approve any new cannabis businesses, or allow the expansion of existing ones, for at least the rest of the year as the city looks for ways to address rising odor complaints. The ...

In a 5-0 vote on Wednesday, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission endorsed the most consequential changes to the county’s cannabis ordinance to date ...

The Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee is working to pass a bill that would eliminate the odor of cannabis as probable cause for police officers to conduct vehicle searches. As of Feb. 25, the ...